ix, 213 pages 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (page 213. Bibliographical footnotes)

pt. 1. The railroads as promoters of economic change: Introduction ; Their impact on agriculture and commerce ; Their change on industry: The change in iron manufacture. The growth of the iron trade ; Their impact on the economy -- pt. 2. The beginnings of modern corporate finance: Introduction ; Financing construction ; The institutionalizing of the nation's investment market on Wall Street in the 1850s: The new Wall Street market. The strory from J.F.D. Lanier ; The financier as speculator and exploiter ; The financier as railroad reorganizer and system-builder -- pt. 3. The first modern corporate management: Introduction ; Creating an early management structure ; Developing modern cost accounting ; Administering a great railroad system -- pt. 4. The beginnings of modern labor relations: Introduction ; The brotherhoods ; Collective bargaining ; Industrial unionism and the role of government : the Chicago Strike of 1894 -- pt. 5. New ways of competition: Introduction ; Competition and competitive rate-making ; Federation ; Combination and consolidation -- pt. 6. The beginnings of modern governmental regulation of business: Introduction ; The farmers demand regulation ; The merchants demand regulation ; The Interstate Commerce Commission and the problems of regulation -- Conclusion

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